Dragonball Dares To Not Suck

The Japanese trailer for Dragonball, which has apparently gained the subtitle Evolution, has surfaced on YouTube. I've been resigned for months that this movie would unquestionably suck. And suck hard. But this trailer is showing some splash, and at least the effects department looks like it's been pulling its weight. Sure, there are still all the appropriate concerns about how they've completely distorted the universe we came to know and love in the original Akira Toriyama manga/anime (not to mention some of the poor casting decisions...), but it certainly seems to have adopted a stylized veneer that at least makes for a (dare I say it?) pretty cool trailer. I remain skeptical, but I'm at least open now to the possibility that it might be a fun movie. Dragonball: Evolution opens April 8, 2009. In the meantime, you can head on over to MTV to hear Jamie Chung talk about re-shoots, how her character (Chi Chi) is named after boobs, and the possibility of two more films in the franchise.